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Sep
29
2011
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ICYMI… Hugo Chavez in hospital ‘for kidney failure’

Hugo Chavez in hospital ‘for kidney failure’

The Telegraph

September 29, 2011

The leftist, staunchly anti-US stalwart Chavez went into the Military Hospital in Caracas on Tuesday morning, the report on the newspaper’s website said, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the case.

“He was in fairly serious overall condition,” a source told the Miami-based Spanish-language daily. “When he arrived, he was in quite serious shape and that is why he was brought in for emergency care.”

Venezuela’s Information Minister Andres Izarra appeared to deny the report in a posting on the micro-blogging website Twitter.

“Those who should be admitted are the journalists of the Nuevo Herald, except into a madhouse (instead of a hospital),” Izarra tweeted, without providing further details.

On Sunday, Chavez sought to assure Venezuelans he was healthy, telling them that cancer-fighting chemotherapy treatment has not left him with any debilitating side effects.

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Sep
28
2011
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As mordomias milionárias de Hugo Chávez

Especialistas chamam atenção para gastos elevados da Presidência venezuelana e o fracasso do projeto de estatização

Numa manhã de outubro passado, dois agentes do Gabinete da Presidência venezuelana saíram em missão especial do Palácio de Miraflores, um casarão neobarroco francês construído no centro de Caracas há 127 anos pelo conde italiano Orsi di Mombello. Eles dobraram a primeira esquina, atravessaram duas quadras e entraram na sede do Banco Central, uma caixa de concreto armado com torre de 30 andares, cujas superfícies texturadas e tramas filtrantes de ar e luz fizeram de Tomás Sanabria um ícone da arquitetura venezuelana nos anos 60.

No banco, recolheram US$ 5 milhões em espécie. Eram para despesas (US$ 500 mil por dia) da viagem que o presidente Hugo Chávez iniciaria naquela noite, com escalas em Moscou, Kiev, Teerã, Damasco e Trípoli.

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Sep
27
2011
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Venezuela Expropriates Largest Domestic Ferry Company

Chávez is at it again! The Venezuelan president ordered Monday the expropriation of Conferry, the largest ferry company in the country. Conferry provides transportation from the mainland to Margarita Island, a popular tourist attraction.

Conferry’s expropriation coincided with a new report from Fedecámaras, Venezuela’s  equivalent of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. In 2011 alone, Venezuela has expropriated 402 companies, according to Fedecámaras.

This is not the first time that the Chávez government interferes with Conferry’s operations. The company had been previously fined by the state-run consumer protection agency for alleged poor service.

This recent acquisition by the Chávez government is the latest entry in a long list of assets seized by the state. Business leaders say Chávez’s nationalizations are ruining the economy.